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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble. - [Force] The protection of God cannot, without sacrilege, be invoked but in behalf of justice and right. - [Prayer] The tongue of man is powerful enough to render the ideas which the human intellect conceives; but in the realm of true and deep sentiments it is but a weak interpreter. These are inexpressible, like the endless glory of the Omnipotent. - [Tongue] The unspoken word never does harm. - [Silence] There is a sort of natural instinct of human dignity in the heart of man which steels his very nerves not to bend beneath the heavy blows of a great adversity. The palm-tree grows best beneath a ponderous weight, even so the character of man. There is no merit in it, it is a law of psychology. The petty pangs of small daily cares have often bent the character of men, but great misfortunes seldom. There is less danger in this than in great good luck. - [Endurance] To know a people's character, we must see it at its homes, and look chiefly to the humbler abodes where that portion of the people dwells which makes the broad basis of the national prosperity. - [Character] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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